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Species

† Kolymbelcana phantasma Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2025

Nomenclature (1)

  • † Kolymbelcana phantasma Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2025: 65. (fossil)

    Holotype; female; GPIH07020; deposited at: Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Museum der Natur Hamburg (LIB); Myanmar: Hkamti, Sagaing Division, Myanmar or Tanai, Kachin State Burma, Myanmar

References (1)

  • Schall, O.-K.O., Kotthoff, U. & Husemann, M. (2025) Two new genera and species of Elcaninae (Orthoptera, Elcanidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 34(1), 63–68. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.130082

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

From Latin “phantasma” meaning “ghost” or “phantom.” The species’ name recognizes the peculiar state of preservation of this specimen in which one side is dark black with a whitish glimmer where the body cuts the amber.).

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